Wild Evocation
Enchantment
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player reveals a card at random from their hand. If it's a land card, the player puts it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, the player casts it without paying its mana cost if able.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic 2011
- Price
- $2.03
- EDHREC rank
- #10143
Wild Evocation turns every upkeep into a forced reveal — whoever's spell fires for free, and the table loses control of sequencing immediately. Ian Malcolm, Chaotician is the natural home, but any deck that wants chaos at the cost of predictability finds this enchantment doing heavy lifting for five mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician wants unpredictable casts across the table, and Wild Evocation delivers one every single upkeep — including opponents' — feeding Malcolm's ability on a reliable, repeating schedule.
Neera, Wild Mage
Neera, Wild Mage already replaces spells with random ones off the top; Wild Evocation stacks on top of that by forcing free casts during upkeeps, meaning Neera's trigger fires more often and the cascade of randomness compounds each turn cycle.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wild Evocation is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer table is where forcing four opponents through a random cast each rotation actually snowballs into a game-defining effect. In Legacy or Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; a five-mana enchantment with no immediate board impact is far too slow for those formats, and ceding control of your own hand is an unacceptable cost when a single opponent can answer it immediately. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Wild Evocation has a plausible home, particularly in chaos-oriented shells that want to flood the board with accidental value.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.03 cheap tier
At $2.03, Wild Evocation sits at the low end of niche enchantments — cheap enough to experiment with, not so ubiquitous that supply drives it lower. It's a stable casual staple: demand is narrow but consistent, so don't expect meaningful price movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ian Malcolm, Chaotician
- Neera, Wild Mage
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.